Human biology books

Based on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores life in and around a Luo-speaking village in...  Read More >>

Folk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing...  Read More >>

The modern world is saturated with images. Scientific knowledge of the human body (in all its variety) is highly...  Read More >>

Offering an interpretation of human development, this title shows that nothing in childhood makes sense except in...  Read More >>

Hammar looks at what happens to national HIV programs when science and religion collide and when both ignore the...  Read More >>

In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation...  Read More >>

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In this fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure, a Pulitzer Prize-winning popular science writer asks,...  Read More >>

With integration of the text with technology, this work helps students to understand and appreciate the wonders...  Read More >>

Intends to present the principles and facts of human physiology in a format that is suitable for undergraduates...  Read More >>

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In this engaging memoir, Blodgett recounts how she lost her sense of smell and ultimately learned the most transformative...  Read More >>

With its unrivaled art program and accessible writing style, McKinley/O'Loughlin's Human Anatomy stands apart...  Read More >>

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This series grows out of the Biennial Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology, which are intended to become...  Read More >>

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has been addressed and perceived predominantly through the broad perspectives...  Read More >>

Provides an account of the scientific analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. This title reflects...  Read More >>

Presents an account of the scientific analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. This book reflects...  Read More >>

* Carefully structured around the evolutionary timeline. * Clearly written and presented with numerous full...  Read More >>

Women's bodies and the study of anatomy in Italy between the late thirteenth and the mid-sixteenth centuries.  Read More >>

* Carefully structured around the evolutionary timeline. * Clearly written and presented with numerous full...  Read More >>

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Donovan Webster brings his vivid journalistic gifts to a new subject, tracing our deep genealogy using cutting-edge...  Read More >>

We have just learned that the pitch of sound depends on the rapidity of the vibrations. This depends on the length...  Read More >>